The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-17


How. J. r. DopoE, statistician Of the
bate Department, has returned 20 wash
lngton from Rome whore no has been A.
lending tho frat meeting Of the Iuterna-
tional Statistical Institute. OF which he h
. member. The institute was In session
one week, and after ~ close Mr.. Dodge
visited the capitals Of the principal Eu-
ropoan natlons, invcstigA Eating tho statis-
ucal methods Of each.
TuE Indictments found against Rich
mond J. Lane, ~ Boston, last October,
for the embcxzlemcnt Of $4,000 from the
Abingdon National Bank. have been nollo
pressed by the Government, and the mat
ter il now practically settled. Sufficient
money has been raised By Lanes friends
70 satisfy the civil quits against him.
BIT direction Of the President u was
ordered that - : mark OF prblic respect
10 the memory Of william A. Wheeler, ex-
Vice President Of the United States, the
flags upon AL public buildings in wash
ington b displayed ct half mast through
ont the 7th inst, tho day Of the funeral
Of the deceased
EDITOR O'BRIEx has received many let
ters Of sympathy and approval OF his
course in refusing to prejudice the Irish
cause BY seeming to countenancc the be-
liefs OF tie United Labor party.
A SENSATIONAL international couplica-
ton 10 reported from Cons tantinopla The
Russian Minister, talking TO the Sultan.
openly accused British officials OF bribery
In connection with Egyptian affairs
UNDER the new law regulating election
contests In Con gresA which requires the
testimony in each case to be forwarded
TO the clerk Of the House and printed
under his direction, General Clark, the
clerk, has received and sent to the public
printer the testimony in the contested
cases OF Frank against Glover from St
Louis; Smalls against Elliott from South
Carolina; Lowery against White from
Indiana, and worthington against Post
from Illinois
Tar remains Of the late VIM. h
Wheeler were inferred at Malone, N. r.,
on the 7th-
WV Arxrsox. OF Nashville, Tenn. was
reelected president Of the International
typographical Union. 1t the session In
Buffalo, N. ". on the 7th-
Tx boiler Of . Baltimore q Ohio loco
motive exploded At Chester. Pa, on the
9TH, killing one man and injuring several
others
TIE distress In Hungary increases dai-
". Numerous lives have been lost and
entire herds Of cattle have been drowned
at Mako The food has reached the
Cxanad country, and fully $1,000 acres OF
wheat land will soon be inundated. Con
gard is submerged. 1t Is calculated that
5000 families have been ruined BY the
food
TEE Masonic Grand Lodge OF Iowa.
began 10 sessions In Davenport on the
tn
Tar National Ieauge meeting at Dublin,
on the TN, deprecated the advice OF re-
distance TO eviction given oy Aicnaei
Davitt 70 the irish tenants.
In the Italian municipal elections the
Catholics are said 70 have made large
gains
PRoHiBfTroS leaders Of several States
It'll
CARDINAL GIBBONS was received with
distinguished honors on his return to Bal
timore on the 7th.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER ATKINS says the
Government has saved much money by
the Indian contracts let in st. Louis.
A TORNADO swept over . part OF Illinois
on the 7th. destroying number OF build
ings and seriously damaging crops
a NATIONAL boot and shoe workers
convention u being held ct brockton.
Mass.
A NAVAL court-martial At New YORK -
investigating the cause OF the collision
between the ocean steamers Britannia
ana Celtic
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